Biotechnology is the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make products or "any technological application that uses biological systems living organisms or derivatives thereof to make or modify products or processes for specific use" (UN Convention on Biological Diversity Art). Depending on the tools and applications it often overlaps with the (related) fields of bioengineering biomedical engineering biomanufacturing molecular engineering etc.

For thousands of years humankind has used biotechnology in agriculture food production and medicine. The term is largely believed to have been coined in 1919 by Hungarian engineer Károly Ereky. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries biotechnology has expanded to include new and diverse sciences such as genomics recombinant gene techniques applied immunology and development of pharmaceutical therapies and diagnostic tests.

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